Friday, April 13, 2007

GRAD SPOTLIGHT- Arch Design -06- Lauren Schneider



Lauren Schneider- Arch Design- 05-06- is continuing as a co-term at Stanford for a Master’s in Structures. This spring 07, she is TAing CEE277S : Design For A Sustainable World. The course researches existing seismic technologies in the Himalayas.

While an undergraduate in architectural design, Lauren completed an internship with
a nongovernmental organization called the Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society. Starting two days after the 2004 tsunami, the organization started working in the Andaman Islands, 800 miles west of India, to help rebuild homes and infrastructure. Schneider took on a project to design a community center. On her own, she designed the open-air meeting space with a wood floor and a thatched roof- pictured below.

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